Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Essay 2-1: Sweeeet:)




I love chocolate all of foods. Chocolate is loved among almost people. Chocolate is used for various sweets. For example, it is used for Chocolate cake, ice cream, pie and so on. And when it is Valentine's Day, we make some chocolate sweets or buy some chocolate to give. I want to know about chocolate more. So, I looked some website about chocolate.


http://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/chocolatehistory.htmthclub.com/chocolatehistory.htmhtm
This site is written about chocolate history in chronological order. There are many cultures by now. And chocolate history is the same as it. Chocolate affected many cultures and traditions, and even international economics. And a lot of famous people have to do with chocolate. For example, chocolate was extremely popular with Louis XIV and the members of his Court at Versailles. And chocolate was aphrodisiac flourish in France. It is very interesting!! Chocolate made by cacao. There are several species of cocoa trees. According to this website, they are very delicate and sensitive plants, and need protection from wind and sun. When you return this site's home, you can see some chocolate recipes such as chocolate brownies, chocolate cookies, chocolate drinks and so on. I want to cook these sweets. 

http://www.chocolate-history.co.uk/
Next, this website is also written about chocolate history. And it is divided into seven parts. These are Christopher Columbus, Aztec Chocolate, Solid Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Belgian Pralines, Chocolate War and Chocolate Information. I knew about the Chocolate War for the first time. According to this site, the Chocolate War refers to the dispute between Britain, Ireland and Denmark and other chocolate-producing nations in the European Union. France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy and others refused to recognize chocolate produced by these three nations, proposing it should be banned. And Christopher Columbus is the first person to bring cocoa beans to Europe. But, he didn't cocoa. So, he thought this like a bean is a kind of almond. In this way, chocolate have a deep history. I thought chocolate is profound food.


And when I went to New Zealand, I found very famous chocolate shop there. This shop has a lot of commodities made by chocolate. For example, chocolate And this shop sell chocolates singly. So, we can buy many chocolates only our favorite chocolates!! Wrapping is also very cute. We can see a lot of pictures on the website.Let's go to this website!!
http://www.chocolateboutique.co.nz/

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